Police probe death of infant on North Side

Police are investigating the death of an 8-month-old boy who was taken to a hospital along with his mother and pronounced dead upon arrival, officials said.

An autopsy done today at the Cook County medical examiner's office did not reach a conclusion as to cause and manner of death, though the Department of Children and Family Services is investigating an allegation of abuse in the case.

Police and paramedics were called about 8 p.m. Monday to an apartment in the 3900 block of North Ashland Avenue in the Lake View neighborhood, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

The baby was taken to Thorek Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead there, Langford said.

The boy's mother was suffering from an undisclosed medical condition and was listed as stable at the hospital. No other details about her condition were available.

Kendall Marlowe, a DCFS spokesman said the allegation was filed today in the boy's death.